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Links of Interest, October 15-19, 2012

Elections and Judicial Performance Early voting in Cook County begins on Monday. The bar association recommendations are compiled at VoteForJudges.Org where you can also read the Judicial Performance Commission’s evaluations, which do not include voter recommendations. Immigration Reform The De...

Legal Current Events

The ISBA reported last week that Chief Justice Thomas L. Kilbride and the Illinois Supreme Court announced (.pdf download press release) the "formation of a long-range planning committee to serve as a 'think tank' to better adapt Illinois courts to future trends in economic, technological, scientifi...

Alternatives for Incarceration Symposium Highlights Successful Models for Diversion

Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple, community members, advocates, and elected officials congregated to hear about alternatives to what has become the de facto solution to our nation's drug problem--mass incarceration. Protestants for the Common good hosted speakers...

Report: The 2012 Judicial Performance Commission

The 2012 Judicial Performance Commission of Cook County (JPC or Commission) has completed its evaluations of the Circuit Court and Appellate Court Judges whose terms expire this year. The Report is available here as a .pdf download. Each judge’s report consists of a professional biography (compiled...

Legal Current Events: Preliminary Injunction Denied in ILP v. Madigan

On Friday, a judge for the Northern District of Illinois denied Illinois Liberty PAC’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Illinois’ campaign donation limits in ILP v. Madigan. The court issued a 22-page opinion (.pdf download) along with the order denying the injunction. The campaign donat...